Why Get Licensed?

Distinguishes you as positive, committed and success oriented.
Boosts your resume - for young engineers short on experience, your credentials as an EI or PE will demonstrate your seriousness of purpose.
Offers you networking opportunities by putting you in closer contact with licensed professional engineers.
Provides you with certification that is transferable to other parts of the country.
Gives you a psychological advantage with people respecting you as a professional.

Employment - Licensed employees enhance the reputation of engineering firms and become symbols of competency, professionalism, experience, and character.
Promotability - Getting licensed demonstrates motivation, responsibility, and success orientation. The same qualities are demanded for positions requiring individual thought, discretion and responsibility.
Quality Assurance - As the demand for consumer protection continues to grow, so will the demand for licensing among the engineers designing the products and processes affecting the public.
Global Competitiveness - Engineering projects increasingly cross national borders. Most countries require some form of professional licensing and will expect the members of the international team to be licensed in their home countries.
Back to Basics - Industry increasingly demands licensing to better identify qualified designers in an effort to restore quality engineering and limit product liability.